[Lalaith]

Oh, and here are some relevant excerpts:
"750 Foundation of Imaldris (or Rivendell) and of Eregion (or Hollin) as dwellings of the Noldor or High Elves. Remnants of the Telerian Elves (of Doriath in ancient Beleriand) establish realms in the woodlands far eastward, but most of these people are Avari or East-elves. The chief of these were Thranduil who ruled in the orth of Greenwood the Great beyond Anduin, but Lorien was fairer and had the greater power; ... " tPoME p174
"There were also Elves of other kind. The East-elves that being content with Middle-earth remained there, and remain even now; and the Teleri, kinsfolk of the High Elves who never went westward, but lingered on the shores of Middle-earth until the return of the Noldor. [see note in orig] In the Third Age few of the Teleri were left, and they for the most part dwelt as lords among the East-elves in woodland realms far from the Sea, which nonetheless they longed for in their hearts. Of this kind were the Elves of Mirkwood, and of Lorien; but Galadriel was a lady of the Noldor." tPoME p74
"For there were other Elves of various kind in the world; and many were Eastern Elves that had hearkened to no summons to the Sea, but being content with Middle-earth remained there, and remained long after, fading in fastness of the woods and hills, as Men usurped the lands. Of that kind were the Elves of Greenwood the Great; yet among them also were many lords of Sindarin race. Such were Thranduil and Legolas his son." tPoME p79
It is doubtful if any of the Avari ever reached Beleriand or were actually known to the Numenoreans." tPoME p312-313"62
[In Quendi and Eldar (XI.377) there is a reference to Avari `who had crept in small and secret groups into Beleriand fromt he South', and to rare cases of an Avar `who joined with or was admitted among the Sindar'; while in that essay Eol of Nan Elmoth was
an Avar (XI.409 and note 33).]" tPoME p328
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Avari at Heart"...the Nandor had turned away, never seen the Sea or even Osse, and had become virtually Avari. They had also picked up various Avari before they came back west to Ossiriand." tWotJ 112"The Silvan Elves hid themselves in woodland fastnesses beyond the Misty Mountains, and became small and scattered peoples, hardly to be distinguished from Avari; [...] `and they welcomed those of the Noldor and especially the Sindar who did not pass over the Sea but migrated eastward [i.e. at the beginning of the Second Age]. Under the leadership of these they became again ordered folk and increased in wisdom.'" UT p256
Feeling of Abandonment"...wherever the descendants of *kwendi were found, they meant not `Elves in general', but were the names that the Avari gave to themselves. They had evidently continued to call themselves *kwendi, `the People', regarding those who went away as deserters..." tWotJ p410

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